Fires of Warring Quarters in Shanghai Reach Fever Pitch
In Shanghai the international settlement endures fierce fighting as Chinese retreat toward a new line. U S Marines were authorized to fire in self defense on attacking planes. Fires rage through Chapei and the Yangtzepeh sector as Chinese andJapanese forces clash along Soochow creek and near the Shanghai Nanking railway.
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Shanghai
United States
International Settlement
Harry Yarnell
Asiatic Fleet
Chapei
Yangtzepec
Whangpoo
Admiral Yarnell
Keswick Road
Yarnell
United States Marine Brigade
Tibet
Soochow Creek
International
Shanghai-Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
St. John’s University
Jessfield Park
Diplomatic Efforts to End Two Wars Falter Worldwide
Japan denounces the nine power pact pledging China's territorial integrity and withdraws support for mediation in the Asiatic war. Russia resists joining European non intervention plans to remove foreign fighters from Spain, delaying a pathway to curb broader involvement.
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Spain
Japan
China
Russia
Washington
Belgium
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Labor peace talks fail to settle labor conference
Washington October 27 labor’s peace conference recessed to November 4 after the AFL and CIO rejected each other’s proposals. CIO leaders said the plan called for abject surrender while AFL officials argued for reintegrating former AFL and CIO unions and drafting a joint program for future affiliation and settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor
Harvey Flemming
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
LaGuardia
New York
C.I.O
A. F. of L
Philip Murray
C. I.0
George M. Harrison
the Federation
Lewis
Japan Declines to Attend Brussels Nine Power Pact Conference
Tokyo rejects participation in Brussels nine power pact talks on the China Japan war. A note to Belgium’s ambassador calls the conference influenced by the League of Nations and obstacles a just solution. Washington officials express disappointment but expect the talks to proceed as scheduled.
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Tokyo
Japan
Brussels
Baron Albert de Bassompierre
League of Nations
Tuesay
Koki Hirota
China
East Asia
Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Josefine Roche Resigns as Assistant Secretary of Treasury
Miss Josefine Roche resigns as assistant secretary of the treasury effective November 1. She will return to Denver to become president of Rocky Mountain Fuel, a coal mining company she has long served. The resignation was submitted to President Roosevelt via Secretary Morgenthau on September 14. the President has not yet formally accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Josephine Roche
the Treasury
Miss Roche
Denver
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Althe
Lawrence Choral Union Adds Members and Plans Growth
About 75 new singers joined the Lawrence Choral Union last night, boosting the tally to over 200 with enrollment expected to reach 250 by next Tuesday. John Andrews of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce addressed the group while Dr. W. Otto Miessner directed several choruses. E. Thayer Grafton, Joe Williams and Oliver Hobbs assisted in conduct. An officer election was anticipated at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Choral Union
John Andrews
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
W. Otto Miessner
E. Thayer Grafton
Joe Williams
Oliver Hobbs
Police Concentrate Hunt For Kidnappers Near Chicago
Chicago reports intensified pursuit of kidnapers in the southern suburbs after a $10 ransom bill linked to a $50,000 payment was found. Thomas L. Flanagan of East Chicago, Indiana, turned the bill to federal agents, claiming his wife redeemed it at Union National Bank in Indiana Harbor. Two other $10 bills have been found.
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Chicago
Charles
Ross
Chicago Evening American
Thomas L. Flanagan
East Chicago
Ind
Flanagan
Union National Bank
Indiana Harbor
RAY E LAWRENCE TO LEAVE PWA DIRECTOR POST
Ray E Lawrence will resign as Kansas state PWA director after November 1 and join Black on Veatch engineers in Kansas City Missouri. He was appointed in 1936 and previously served as engineer examiner in 1933 and acting director in 1935. Born Neodesha Kansas he studied at KU engineering and taught there from 1925 to 1932.
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Topeka
Retiin
PWA
Kansas
Ray E. Lawrence
Black On Veatch
Kansas City
Lawrence
PPWA
Neodesha
Kan
University of Kansas, School of Engineering
Chanute
K. U. Engineering School
Subcommittees Form to Draft New Farm Bill Provisions
Chairman Jones designated five subcommittees of the House Agriculture Committee to draft portions of a general farm control bill for the special session. The panels will cover corn tobacco dairying wheat rice and cotton with further subcommittees to be named if needed. It remains undecided whether hearings will be held or talks with administration farm officials or farm groups will occur. Dairy emphasis appears likely as a dedicated subcommittee is created.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jones
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Friay
Hesper Community Homecoming Planned With Church Services
Plans are set for a community homecoming in Hesper next Sunday with all Douglas County Historical Society members invited to all-day events. Preceding activities include Friday and Saturday 7:30 p.m. services at Hesper Friends Church featuring Charles Beal and the Haviland College quartet.
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Hesper
Douglas County Historical Society
William Garrison
Hesper Friends Church
Charles Beal
Haviland College
Haviland
Kan
Eldon Garrison
Garrison
Hesper Academy
Miss Minerva Davis Sings at Bankers Meeting
Miss Minerva Davis a Liberty Memorial high school graduate sang at the bankers meeting here in the afternoon program. A mezzo soprano she performed O Lovely Night Italian Street Song and Will You Remember with accompanist Miss Winifred Hill. She studies under Miss Stella Wrenn in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva Davis
Liberty Memorial High School
Bankers Meeting
Miss Davis
Landon Ronald
Victor Herbert
Sigmund Romberg
Winifred Hill
Liberty Memorial High
Stella Wrenn
Kansas City
Nall Sets Date for Bids on Kansas State Science Hall
Topeka October 27 bids for contracts in building a new science hall at Kansas State College Manhattan will be opened at 2 p m November 22 state architect Tom I Nall said today The building funded by the public works administration has $273 060 granted and the project will cost about $600 000 The advertisement for bids will run tomorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Tom I. Nall
Public Works Administration
Lone Star Man Is Winner In County Huskings
Frank Lutz of Lone Star captured the Douglas county section of the corn husking contest held near Homewood yesterday. Huskers from Douglas Franklin and Anderson counties entered. Lutz advances to Humboldt tomorrow to compete in the state contest.
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Frank Lutz
Lone Star
Douglas County
Esterday
Homewood
Douglas
Franklin
Anderson
Lutz
Humboldt
Kansas allotment for farm purchase loans announced
Kansas officials say $213 192 has been allotted under the Bankhead Jones act for loans to tenants farm laborers and sharecroppers to purchase family sized farms. Applications for tenant purchase loans will be received by county rural rehabilitation supervisors.
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Kansas
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State, Extension Department
Oklahoma Dust Bowl Farmers Smothering Blizzards With Crops
Farmers across the dust bowl region pool efforts to cover vulnerable land with crops to curb topsoil loss. In the Oklahoma panhandle 75 percent of blowing land is now nailed down by growing crops, with expectations this will hold until 1938 wheat planting. Similar optimism comes from Texas New Mexico Colorado and Kansas as soil conservation aid boosts cover crops and reduces erosion.
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Guymen
Okla
CPR
Mother Nature
Oklahoma Panhandle
Southwestern
Fred Merrifield
Soil Conservation Service
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Dean H. Umberger
Kansas State College
Kansas Dust Area
Merchants Plan Armistice Day Store Closings In Lawrence
Merchants at the Merchants Bureau meeting approved closing stores at noon on Armistice Day to observe the day. A parade on Massachusetts Street will honor veterans, with a football game between McPherson and Indians at Haskell Stadium and a possible air demonstration. A Thanksgiving closing and possible morning hours were discussed for Kansas Missouri game crowds. Christmas lights, Santa visits, and efforts to curb soliciting in questionable media were also noted along with open-house plans for alumni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants Bureau
Colonial Tea Room
Massachusetts Street
Haskell
35Th Division
Lawrence
McPherson
Haskell Stadium
Santa Claus
Charles Radcliffe
Chamber of Commerce
W. G. Beougher
Russell M. Kelley
Jude Anderson
Scarlet fever rises in Kansas last week
Scarlet fever increased in Kansas with 107 new cases last week, up from 89. Sedgwick county led with 17 new cases. Infantile paralysis declined to six new cases, while smallpox meningitis and typhoid reported none and diphtheria remained at five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Sedgwick County
Posse Hunts for Woman in San Bernardino Region
Posses of sheriff's deputies forest rangers and highway patrolmen began a careful search in the San Bernardino mountains near Big Bear Lake for Miss La Vergne Carpentier 23 missing since Sunday. The amateur actress formerly of Wichita Kansas resided in Los Angeles and left alone on a hike.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Forest Rangers
San Bernardino Mountains
Big Bear Lake
la Vergne Carpentier
Wichita
Kan
Los Angeles
Two Negro Youths Admit Robberies in Late October
Thelbert Clayton and William Hughes, both colored youths aged 15 and from Topeka parole, confessed to breaking into five Kansas City area homes between October 21 and October 26, stealing cash and valuables totaling about 200 dollars. Police recovered most of the loot. Clayton faces district court info, Hughes on parole violation.
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Thelbert Clayton
Illinois Street
William Hughes
East Twelfth Street
Hughes
Boys Industrial School
Topeka
Charles Springer
Clayton
Jude Anderson
Rose Morgan
Missouri Street
E. H. Ross
Alabama Street
J. L. Constant
Mississippi Street
Nannie Charlton
Tennessee Street
W. H. Pendleton
Pendleton
J. R. Holmes
Constant
Boss
Morgan
Montague Freed Wins Million Year Seven Deal
John Montague freed on a seven year old robbery charge joins Paramount in Hollywood. Everett Crosby signs a $1,000,000 seven year contract for radio appearances films and golfing shorts. Montague plans residence in Hollywood and a role in The Badge of Policeman O Roon.
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Elizabethtown
N. Y
John Montague
Paramount Studios
Hollywood
Monty
Everett Crosby
Bing
Montague
Policeman O’roon
Kin Hana
Laverne Moore
Harry E. Owen
Elixir death toll rises to 55 nationwide
The American Medical Association attributes 55 deaths to elixir of sulfanilamide use with new reports from Collins Mississippi Magee Mississippi Wichita Falls Texas and Swainsboro Georgia. Dr P M Leech warned the toll could reach 60.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Collins
Miss
Magee
Wichita Falls
Tex
Swainsboro
P. M. Leech
Association
Kansas Sets November Oil Allowable At 180 215 Barrels Daily
The Kansas State Corporation Commission fixed November oil production allowable at 180 215 barrels daily, about 15 000 barrels less than October and 9 485 below the Mines Bureau recommendation.
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Kansas
Wichita
Kan
State Corporation Commission
Bureau of Mines
Stock Market Index Reaches 47.8 After Day of Gains
The index averaging 60 stocks stood at 47.8 yesterday, reversing a prior 48.2 level as traders reassessed market momentum amid mixed signals from major sectors.
Replanting Plan Aims to Restore Lawrence City Trees
A survey for the tree conservation committee shows 14 764 trees in Lawrence parkings and calls for planting 2 500 trees to replace those dead or dying from age and prolonged drought, maintaining current tree numbers.
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Lawrence
Donald Durell
University
Drouth
F F A Winners Take Kansas City Trophy Again
Liberty Memorial High School Jayhawk FFA wins the Kansas City Stockyards trophy for the second year at the American Royal livestock show. Nine calves and four pigs were shown with six calves sold pre auction and three Herefords placing in the money. Exhibitors include Junior Heck Ralph Houk Walter Thome Brad Powell Wayne Powell Francis Flory Earl Fiory Linus Dietz and Herbert Hornberger.
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Jayhawk
Future Farmers of America
Liberty Memorial High School
Kansas City Stockyards Company
Kansas
Walter Thome
Brad Powell
Wayne Powell
Junior Heck
Ralph Houk
Francis Flory
Earl Fiory
Linus Dietz
Herbert Hornberger
Gifts Committee of Red Cross Meets Tomorrow
The Gifts Committee of the Red Cross, chaired by W. E. Spalding, will meet at the Chamber of Commerce offices tomorrow at 4 p.m. They will set details for the annual canvass ahead of the Red Cross drive starting November 11. The list includes J Cotton, T G Fitch, R A Hageart, J Dodds, Karl Kreider, Ed Abels, Carl Ahnning, Dolph Simons, Justin Hill, and many others including professors Mitch and Treece, and several ladies and captains.
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W. E. Snalding
The
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Spalding
Two Killed in Mor ris Fruit Building Collapse
In Minneapolis on October 27 a man and a woman died when the second floor of the three story Mor ris fruit company building collapsed. Fifteen others were injured as debris buried offices and warehouse workers. Witnesses heard an explosion before the floor fell.
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Minneapolis
Morris Fruit Company
Max Zelickson
Anna Olson
Train Crash Kills Three Near Danville Illinois
A Wabash passenger train traveling from St. Louis to Detroit crashed into a stalled freight train eight miles west of Danville. Three trainmen were killed and eight were injured. Five freight cars and the freight caboose burned, and a mail and smoker car on the passenger train was damaged.
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Danville
Ill
St. Louis
Detroit
Here
Schmeling selects Thomas for December Madison Square Garden bout
P Max Schmeling picks Harry Thomas of Chicago as his December opponent for a ten round bout at Madison Square Garden. Schmeling, backed by manager Joe Jacobs, plans to sail to New York on November 5 for a month of training before future tuneups ahead of a title bout with Joe Louis next June.
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Schmeling-Thomas
New York
Max Schmeling
Harry Thomas
Chicago
Madison Square Garden
Schmeling
Joe Jacobs
Thomas
Joe Louis
Bankers Gather for Kansas Group Two Meeting at University
About 318 bankers from 13 counties attended the Kansas Bankers Association Group Two session at the University Union building with registration approaching 450. Speaker Wood Netherland urged bankers to balance profit with public responsibility and to promote research and public relations while maintaining conservatism to protect reserves and public confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Bankers Association
Union
Wood Netherland
Mercantile Commerce Bank and Trust Company of
St. Louis
Netherland
Shaffer
Kansas
United States
American Bankers Association
Indian Summer Grips Kansas With Warm Stretch
Topeka reported an early frost as Indian summer forecaster S. D. Flora predicted temperatures from 70 to 75 degrees today with highs near 75 tomorrow. A light frost was noted at Wichita while Ellis posted a 34 degree low and Topeka measured a light rain sprinkle.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Wichita
Ellis
Dodge City
Weather Outlook and Road Conditions Report
The forecast calls for a fair night and Thursday with warmer temperatures in the southeast portion. Morning sky will be clear and roads are reported as good. The notice includes temperature readings and a gas office record with listings for today and yesterday.
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U. S
Flames
Sweep Chapei
Associated Press
Federation
C.I.0
Join Choral Union
Journal-World
R. E. Lawrence
Ford Service
Hamilton
Ady
Invite Historical Society
NALL
Lone Star Man
Oklahoma Dust Bowl
F. F. A. Win Trophy
Future Farmers
Dean Fred Moreau
Noble Sherwood
Karl Klooz
E. Ll. Treece
Phog Allen
Brady Waldemar Geltch
Lyle Powell
Adrian Lindse
O. W. Maloney
Louise Wiedemann
Laurence Woodruff
Ivan Rowe
V. K. Bruner
Minneapolis Fruit Company
Lawrence Clearing House Association
Douglas County Bankers Association
George Docking
First National Bank
Tom Sweeney
Peoples ‘State Bank
Charles W. Shaffer
Russell
T. F. Jost
Hindwood
Elwood M. Brooks
Oberlin
M. L. Breidenthal
Irving Hill
Union Building
A. J. Kull
Dun and Bradstreet
Breidenthal
Genivensity 4 Coal Co
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